0) Linux users beware: if compiling the Qt frontend, you need
qt and qt-devel packages of the same version to compile LyX.
0) Linux users beware: if compiling the Qt frontend, you need
qt and qt-devel packages of the same version to compile LyX.
- 1) ./configure --with-frontend=qt4
configures LyX according to your system.
When compiling for Qt, you may have to set
--with-qt-dir=<path-to-your-qt-installation>
configures LyX according to your system.
When compiling for Qt, you may have to set
--with-qt-dir=<path-to-your-qt-installation>
For more complicated cases, LyX configure takes the following specific
flags:
For more complicated cases, LyX configure takes the following specific
flags:
- o --with-frontend=FRONTEND that allows to specify which frontend you
- want to use. There is no default value: this switch is required.
-
o --with-extra-lib=DIRECTORY that specifies the path where LyX will
find extra libraries (qt4) it needs. Defaults to NONE
(i.e. search in standard places). You can specify several
o --with-extra-lib=DIRECTORY that specifies the path where LyX will
find extra libraries (qt4) it needs. Defaults to NONE
(i.e. search in standard places). You can specify several
latex cannot be found. If you find that you have to use this
flag, please report it as a bug.
latex cannot be found. If you find that you have to use this
flag, please report it as a bug.
+ o --with-frontend=FRONTEND that allows to specify which frontend you
+ want to use. The default value is qt4, which is the only available
+ frontend for now.
+
Compiling and installing LyX
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Compiling and installing LyX
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-BUILDING
-
-* It is ridiculous that you have to call configure with --with-frontend=qt4.
- The existance of config/qt.m4 does not make much sense either.
-
-
MAC OS X
* Many issues with toolbars on MAC (Bennett 3/11/06):
MAC OS X
* Many issues with toolbars on MAC (Bennett 3/11/06):
in French. (J. P. Chretien)
FIXED (Michael (found the problem), Georg (fix), 2006-11-30)
in French. (J. P. Chretien)
FIXED (Michael (found the problem), Georg (fix), 2006-11-30)
+* It is ridiculous that you have to call configure with --with-frontend=qt4.
+ The existance of config/qt.m4 does not make much sense either.
+ The first one is FIXED, the second WONTFIX (JMarc 07-12-2006)
AC_ARG_WITH(frontend,
[ --with-frontend=THIS Use THIS frontend as main GUI:
Possible values: qt4],
AC_ARG_WITH(frontend,
[ --with-frontend=THIS Use THIS frontend as main GUI:
Possible values: qt4],
- [FRONTENDS="$withval"])
+ [FRONTENDS="$withval"],[FRONTENDS="qt4"])
if test "x$FRONTENDS" = x ; then
AC_MSG_RESULT(none)
AC_ERROR("Please select a frontend using --with-frontend")
if test "x$FRONTENDS" = x ; then
AC_MSG_RESULT(none)
AC_ERROR("Please select a frontend using --with-frontend")